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Baby Acorns

August 6, 2012 at 5:37 PM Leave a comment

I love the look of acorns, the seed of oak trees. I don’t know why exactly.  I like their shape and I guess I’m in love with the little “cap” at the top.

Mature Acorn (Image via RichBeyondWords.com)

The mature acorn above is roughly the size of a quarter.

Here is a pair of baby acorns I found in the yard this afternoon.  They fell off an oak tree my husband planted about 12 years ago.  This is the first year the tree has produced “seeds.”  I have no idea if they will mature into the likes of the one above — it might take two or three more years of producing babies before they mature  — but I’ve never seen tiny little acorns like this before and well, I think darling.  Thought I’d share:

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